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WAF - Leaked credentials detection now scans Authorization headers

calendar_today August 20, 2026 domain cloudflare

Leaked credentials detection now scans the Authorization request header for Basic Authentication credentials. Previously, the detection only inspected request bodies, query strings, and headers for well-known web applications or custom detection locations, which meant credentials sent through HTTP Basic Authentication were not covered by default. This new default scan location decodes the Authorization: Basic header and compares the extracted username and password against Cloudflare’s database of leaked credentials, the same way as other default scan locations.

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